The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-11-30

tunanimous) of taxpayers' meeting.
and OF its town council has pledged
Itself to provide the Jail and courthouse
Tree of expense to the new county, and
at the cost of the town, provided they
DC located in Florence; and by request
or the town council, n bill is pending in
the Legislature to authorize the town 10
issue bonds and levy taxes for the pur-
pose This will start tho now county
free OF debt. The town OF Florence IS
free of debt, and in healthy financial
situation-and the samo xcmark is equal.
y applicable TO the counties of Marion,
Darlington and Williamsburg. Tho
'oXcs OF the territory proposed 70 bo III
ciuucd IN tho new county will amply
support lts county government without
The necessity of increase over the best
rate I'D any OF the old ones, nor will the
Old counties after separation be com
PEELED to raise their rates in order to pct
along. The Swing in their immense
mileage bills will obundantly compensate
Tor all difference IN receipts. Florence
Gas an luduccmCnt 70 locate) has cx-
empted from municipal taxation the ex-
tenslyc and costly machine shops OF the
Atlantic Coast Line, which, nevertheless,
pay tho State and county taxes"
Ihey alGo urge that "IOrge tracts of
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tteme parts OF West Marion aud North
| Williamsburg, which will be dcvcloped
by thc impetus derived from new
county scat, advantagcousIy located,
anH the rise in values will be followed
ny heavier tax receipts; while tho rise in
values III Florence, from natural g1owth
OF TIC town, accelerated ns it will be, ii
ma"o county capital, viii also Md
henvy and ever increasing sums to the
treasury of the county"
THE TAXATION or DOGS.
Considerable dcbato arose in tbo
House, when Mr.. Boozer. Of T.cxinglon.
called up his bill to tax dogs. This bill
provided . license tax of 81 per year 10
be paid Dy tue owner of every dog in tho
state. Tho tax 20 be applied to tho nse
OF the free schools Mr. Boozcr made
strong speech IL support Of his bill,
aho wing thnt the dogs III this State cost
tho people over $4,000 900 per annum.
The bill, said he, did not contcmp(ato
The aunlhilation OF tho canine rach; it
SIMPLY proposed IT, mako tho owners
pay Tor the privilege Of owning them
Mr. BuoH"r urged prr;;cularIy that those
Who hunted partridH,s, and decr, aud
doVeS, ana opossurls could very well
afford TO p"Y tDr ieU pets.
mir. Secgcrs, OF iichsri. alao alYo.
Gated the blll II tho nooploo! the State
would raise moro hogs aud sheen and
fewer dogs, there would soon DO ln IN
crease III lts property.
MI. Davenport, OF Gre nwlo, said
shat g man VINO couldu't raise dog; and
Aogs, too, must be mighty poor man.
Tie had himself raised more children
than any man i'll this House and he had
seven hound dogs, Il halt dog to o
enid. lie also had plenty ci hogs.
Au hour was consumed ~ the discus.
sion, after which the bill Vas indefinitely
postponed, G5 10 SO.
TGNKERING At THE ELECTION LAW.
At the last session, Miller. tho likely
mulattO who In part represents tho
/ ncgro-riddcn county OF beaufort, intro
ducod n bill to amend the election law
his objective point being tho abolition
OF the "cight-OoXlaw lie called up
his bill on Wednesday morning. Imme-
dlatciy his colleague Washington moved
to strike out the enactug words-a mo-
ton which enabled Miller to make a
strong speech, explaining tue purport OF
his bill, the effect Of which would be to
turn the State over again booty and soul
70 the Republican party, which ruled it
SO successfully from 1868 to 1876. Mil
ler mentioned incidentally in the course
Of his remarks that tho ''gruud old par
| ty" was dead, and would never again
raise its head in this Staic; {. statement
which was received by tie House "with
a good many grains OF salt. Miller
finished his Grafton and IL motion was
speedily made and adopted to indefinite
ly postpone the bill. Yes 90, nays 5.
All the colored Demo,c ,crats voted with
the majority.
! Mr.. Aldrich's bill to- amend Section 80
OF the General Statut es was next reached
and passed. 1t disqualifies from voting
"persons kept in any almshouso or
asylum, or Of unsouud mind, or confined
. III any public prison, or who shall have
! been convicted Of treason, murder, bur.
I giary, larceny, perjury, forgery or other
infamous crime, or duelling.
( Another of Miller's pmepdmonts was
next indefinitely postponed, viz: A bill
! TO amend the General Statutes relating
to the qualification and registration OF
voters. Miller consumed about IN hour
and half of tho time of the House in
the exercise of his constitutional right to
speak, and to demand the yeas and nays.
lie was soon satistied-with the yeas and
nays, if not with their relative number.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Tho Trustees of the University have
formulated in n bill their plan to raise
the standard Of the South Carolina Col
lege, to reorganizo its several depart
ments, and to increase it's efficiency.
The bill has already been introduced
The Trustees are also seeking to
mature scheme to procure farm OF
one hundred acres il or near Columbia,
to be under the management OF the
Agricultural Department of the institu.
ton.
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Hon. L. b. Murray has introduced in the
Senate n bill TO organize the State Agri-
cultural College, and TO deyolve the
duties of tho present Department of
, Agriculture upon tho trustees OF such
College.
FoUR-HoLE SWAMP.
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